How do we pass on the story of the remarkable work carried out by Elizabeth Colenso? What can the photos tell us? Elizabeth Colenso, and girls on Norfolk Island photo Kinder Library Elizabeth Colenso, best remembered for her work in New Zealand with the Church Missionary Society and Maori, including English to Maori translation work, especially the 1868 Maori Bible. She worked for the Melanesian Mission on Norfolk Island from early 1876 to 1898. Again, while working for the Melanesian Mission, she worked with translation of texts into Mota, the agreed language of the Melanesian Mission. As unmarried European women started to be sent to work at the Mission, Elizabeth took … [Read more...]
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